> "Be who you want to be, not what others want to see." ~ Unknown # ![rhett-wesley-343206.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmfPrYtGpzLvLJNMwWRZwduETGRYyFvX1WHdiHWboDvnYx/rhett-wesley-343206.jpg)(Photo by Rhett Wesley on Unsplash) # Have you been wearing a mask in order to satisfy other’s good expectation of you? Have you been keeping a secret that never been told to anyone? Have you been pretending all your life because that is what majority wanted you to be? ---- It is tiring – Indeed. It is boring – Really. ---- # `![daniel-garcia-418370.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbMYEh5reVpXDmamMo9EKs5cpQBDKCukEm1au7qqwDtXz/daniel-garcia-418370.jpg) Photo by Daniel Garcia on Unsplash # You always seem nice to everyone when they greet you at the hall. You always have the perfect smile showing them you have no problem at all. You always show them you are flawless and stress-free but they never know – ***that you’re in pain and suffering above all.*** --- > How would they know? You never tell. --- # ![cristian-newman-141895.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbFZDkMw7zUYVnqpMEGmtK5kLjZevZ9gqDZGs4AreMErx/cristian-newman-141895.jpg) Photo by Cristian Newman on Unsplash # Wear a make-up, extend your lashes, wear sexy bikinis, perfect dresses, use 5-inch heels, colored hair, eyebrows on fleek, with a contoured cheek, eat healthy foods, always on a diet, show your smile, spread your sunshine, be beautiful, be intelligent, always be on top, be the person others wanted you to be. Or else, you will never get noticed. How sad could that be? # ![evan-dennis-75563.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdMNt2M65iDMDmEgMNdoE39boSbGLWo6jv9y1jTCA6ARU/evan-dennis-75563.jpg) Photo by Evan Dennis on Unsplash # ----- ----- Instead, # ###### Don’t do this, don’t do that, why can’t you just be as good as that? ###### Just know you are loved because of what you truly have. ###### Go with the flow, take it slow. Don't be like the people who looked at you so low. ###### Just be simple, just be true, all you have to do is show them the real you. ###### Don’t follow, just lead. Be confident, that’s what all you need. ###### You are yourself; nobody can be more than you. ###### If they don’t like you, don’t like them either. #### Only then, you can be ***FREE....*** # ![mohamed-nohassi-229698.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZdn2Lhvn2PVu4XMgbaMEmL8MnAAhdCSaeB5wd83u5p5r/mohamed-nohassi-229698.jpg) Photo by Mohamed Nohassi on Unsplash # My dear, you deserve more than you truly deserve. You will never be the result of everyone asking you to be. All you have to do is show them what you want to be. With that, they will accept you and no longer expect anything from you because you are already the person they never thought you could be. ![sydney-rae-408416.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmchvHnzAqqCUx82n2JPFVJzCP4DnuzVCEjpvtS3EJudND/sydney-rae-408416.jpg)Photo by sydney Rae on Unsplash --- > Own who you are. – Be the Best Version of yourself. --- # Sincerely yours, # The Great Pretender # ![final signature.jpeg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRMXiJaT9qQCx9aKqJzEJ6PvxtAFcHQZgmNk8crj47Rd4/final%20signature.jpeg) ![new gif.gif](https://steemitimages.com/DQmTZBjnz9deqo9PSguikRAQAAyPya7tAqYKpXmSra7kUHa/new%20gif.gif)